Just another WordPress weblog
AOL needs to offload Bebo fast. And tax experts say that the best financial result for AOL may be to simply abandon Bebo rather than sell it. All of that makes for a rather awkward situation with Bebo partners.
How do you handle that awkwardness? Send out a mass email to all open media partners [...]
Fri, April 9 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
All that talk of UFCnot “getting” the Internet? Yeah, it’s time to put that idea to rest. The company’s longtime TV partner, SpikeTV, launched ultimatefighter.com earlier today, a place where mixed martial arts fans can watch the entire Ultimate Fighter library online. For free. Let that sink in—still think Dana White hates the Internet? In [...]
Thu, March 25 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Who says you can’t attract a substantial number of users on a shoestring budget?
Spain-based social networking platform provider Genoom, which lets family members communicate amongst each other on private online community sites, is about to sign up its millionth user.
This isn’t exactly a huge milestone, but I think it is noteworthy since the startup [...]
Fri, March 19 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
As has been made abundantly clear to me over the past two weeks, just about every location-based service is planning big things for the SXSW festival, which starts later this week in Austin, Texas. A few of the players have already started rolling out small changes, such as aesthetic upgrades. But a new, subtle update [...]
Mon, March 8 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Cloudmark, a provider of messaging security solutions, has scored a massive $23 million funding round led by new investor Summit Partners and joined by Nokia Growth Partners, the mobile giant’s venture capital investing arm.
Existing investors Ignition Partners and Industry Ventures also participated in the round, which is the first financing Cloudmark has closed since [...]
Wed, March 3 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Location-based services are all the rage right now. Even everyone seems to agree that the controversial Google Buzz did at least one thing right in adding a location element to its mobile site. But as great as these services are for connecting social networking with actual social activity, there is a downside we’re all well [...]
Wed, February 17 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
In November 2009, when Microsoft announced the release of the public beta of Microsoft Office 2010, the company also introduced an entirely new add-on for its Outlook product that we haven’t heard a peep about since.
That’s about to change soon.
The product, dubbed Outlook Social Connector, essentially aims to make Outlook more social by integrating [...]
Fri, February 12 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
Zynga, the heavily-funded social gaming company, today announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Serious Business, fellow creators of social games on Facebook. The terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but it appears to be more of a strategic purchase to bring in more experienced social game development talent.
Serious Business raised $4 [...]
Thu, February 11 2010 » Uncategorized » No Comments
